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Monthly Archives: March 2014
New staff publication
Nicola Wilson, Patrick Parrinder and Andrew Nash write: New Directions in the History of the Novel (Palgrave Macmillan, published March 2014) edited by Patrick Parrinder, Andrew Nash and Nicola Wilson We were excited to see our edited book, New Directions … Continue reading
Archives and Texts seminar
Professor Daniel Göske and Christian Weiß (Universität Kassel) will be talking about ‘Inside Narratives: What Archives Tell Us about the Making of World Literature in the 1920s and 1930s’ Marketing international modernism in the 1920s and 1930s was a complex business, not … Continue reading
Alice Foster talks about her academic placement
Instead of writing a Modern Drama assessed essay at Part 2, I chose to do an academic placement. For some time I have been interested in online marketing and I mentioned this to Lucinda Becker, the placement tutor. She suggested … Continue reading
Anne Diamond in Conversation with David Brauner
At 12.00 on Tuesday 11th March I appeared as a guest on the Anne Diamond show on BBC Radio Berkshire. Ostensibly, I was invited to talk about the superiority of contemporary American fiction and the relative poverty of English fiction … Continue reading
David Brauner quoted in The Guardian
The Guardian recently quoted David Brauner on the relative poverty of contemporary English fiction compared to American. the full article is availalbe here.
The latest publication by Dennis Butts
Dennis Butts was Head of the English department at Bulmershe College of Higher Education, and in the latter stages of his career also taught on the M.A. course on Children’s Literature at Whiteknights. His most recent publication – ‘How Did … Continue reading
Reading in the Times Literary Supplement this week
Two items in this week’s TLS come from members of the department. Professor Bryan Cheyette has a review of Elaine Feinstein’s It Goes with the Territory – Memoirs of a poet which he describes as a memoir that is ‘a … Continue reading
Modern Studies Event
Do come along to hear the renowned writer, Ian Sansom, give a talk this afternoon for the Modern Studies Seminar. The title of his subject is: ‘Thinking on Paper’. 11 March at 5pm, in Humss 125. Ian’s recent book, Paper: An Elegy was … Continue reading
How to be a Heroine
Best-selling author Samantha Ellis will be talking about and signing her new book How to Be a Heroine on Wednesday, March 12th, 5-6 pm in HUMSS G27, Whiteknights Campus. Her book will be available for purchase (cash only) at a discount at … Continue reading
Archives and Texts seminar
Dr Ruth Bush (University of Westminster) Editorial craft and francophone African literature Monday 10th March 5pm Humss 127 Refreshments provided. All welcome! Co-organisers : Dr Nicola Wilson (English), Dr Sophie Heywood and Dr Alison Martin (Modern Languages) http://archivesandtexts.wordpress.com/